3 From NH Charged In New York Death

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A 24-year-old Florida woman, who used to live in Wolfeboro, has been arraigned on murder, kidnapping and robbery charges in the death of a New Jersey man, according to the Westchester County, N.Y., district attorney.

"She's a quiet girl. She's very nice. She would help anybody," said French's friend, Cindy Espinosa.

Espinosa said she grew up with French in Wolfeboro.

"The Jessica French that I know is actually a really nice girl," Espinosa said. "I used to hang out with her all the time when I was in school. She would never hurt a fly. She never did anything wrong. It's really kind of strange that she's supposedly involved with this."

French worked at the Wolfeboro Inn after high school.

"She had a nice house. She's got a cute little boy. She's got a good boyfriend. She seemed to be happy lately," Espinosa said.

French's father said off camera that he has been stunned ever since he got a call telling him he needed to go to Florida to pick up his daughter's son.

"That was the last person in the entire world out of all the people that I know, Jess French, to be involved. It just seems weird," Espinosa said.

French's father said he's working to get his daughter an attorney, and he and his daughter are cooperating with police.

The district attorney said two New Hampshire men, Charles Blanchard, 21, of Hill, and Travis Morin, 24, of Danbury, have also been indicted and are awaiting extradition to New York.

Medina was a Florida resident who had been living in Passaic, N.J. He was known to carry large amounts of cash and wore flashy jewelry, according to the district attorney.

He frequented a liquor store in Passaic and was last seen leaving the store on June 2, at 4 p.m.

"By meticulously weaving together the movements and activities of the three defendants, state police investigators connected their actions with the victim," a release from the district attorney said.

Morin and Blanchard were already in jail in New Hampshire on unrelated charges.

The district attorney did not say what charges they were facing related to the death of Medina.